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Poets Michael Klein, Patrick Donnelly, Kristen DeVoe (and me) as well as Musician Buzz Turner shared their work Sat. Oct. 18 at the C.H. Booth Library in Newtown. It was great to see everyone (including Sarah, Suzanne, Margaret, and my good friend Peg Heetman)

You can read my commentary about my poem “Lucifer Falls, New York” on the JMWW blog. JMWW published the poem in their summer 2013 issue.

The poem appears in Four Blue Eggs.

Lucifer Falls, New York

Like war planes, a crowd

of raptors scull through the blank

and cloudless sky. One

after another, they stream

over the open paddock

of midsummer green, advance

toward a still and speechless

line of trees. Their portents

reach the forest’s door; needles

of pine brace between hard clay

and treachery. The bone black jaw

of a red-bellied snake ruins

a toad’s last chance for escape.

He is in the middle of it now,

like the fawn whose femur lay

furloughed in the gorge,

trespassing on the slick ink

of river-smoothed black rocks.

I’ll be reading along with Michael Klein, Patrick Donnelly, and Kristen DeVoe at my the C.H. Booth Library on Saturday, Oct. 18th, 2-4 p.m. Musician Buzz Turner will also be performing. This Voices of Poetry event is free and open to the public. Here’s the announcement from the Newtown Bee with more information about the event!

This will be my third time presenting at my hometown library. I read from Potato Eaters a few years ago, and Eric and I presented A History of Connecticut Wine there as well. Coincidentally, this will be my third performance with Voices of Poetry, and I’m especially looking forward to hearing Michael Klein read–he taught me for one semester at Sarah Lawrence College.

Here I am at Byrd’s Books last March.

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A few months ago, a friend, who had purchased my childhood home after my father died, dropped off a few things left behind. Included in the pile were both my parents old yearbooks and an unmarked photo album that belonged to my Uncle Stanley. Among the shots of navy men and exotic places was this shot of a fisherman. I’m guessing it’s Hawaii, but I don’t know for sure.

A poem that I wrote with the photo in mind will appear in a forthcoming collection. Look for it soon!

 

Reading with Voices of Poetry, July 2014 at the Washington Arts Association Gallery in Washington Depot, CT.

“After Inspecting Brassia’s Graffiti” can be found in Lune de Miel, published in 2012 by Finishing Line Press. Thanks to Eric D. Lehman for filming and putting this video together.